Writing Guides
Writing is a process, not a skill to be perfected. These guides will help users to navigate the many genres and writing tasks one encounters at academic institutions.
The Writing Process
- Understanding Assignment Guidelines
- Gathering Evidence
- Brainstorming
- Planning
- Developing an Outline
- Drafting
- Revising
- Editing
- Proofreading
Research Writing
- Introduction to Research Writing: The CaRS Model
- Writing Research Articles: The IMRaD Model
- Introduction to Scholarly Citation
Essay Writing
- Introductions
- Thesis Statements
- Complex Thesis Statements
- Topic Sentences
- Paragraph Structure
- Counterarguments
- Transitions
- Conclusions
Other Genres
Inclusivity in Academic Writing
- Let's Talk About Gender and Pronouns (created by MacEwan's Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity)
Writing Resources
Click the links below to access MacEwan resources.
Citation is an essential feature of academic writing. By engaging through citation with their scholarly context, students and researchers alike can advance rigorous, traceable, and persuasive accounts of their work. These citation guides help orient users toward some of the most commonly used styles across the disciplines.
Mêskanâs Tutorial: Citation and Scholarship: APA
Mêskanâs Tutorial: Citation and Scholarship: MLA
The Writing Centre offers APA and MLA mêskanâs tutorials on citation. Each tutorial has two parts. The first part introduces the rhetorical perspective on citation practices across the disciplines, and the second part introduces the underlying principles of APA or MLA style.
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